Watch Brooklyn Castle

Brooklyn Castle

1h 42m

WHY WE PICKED IT: This intimate documentary about how chess transformed a poverty-stricken junior high school will checkmate even the staunchest cynic.

Brooklyn IS 318 doesn’t have funding, but it has the dedicated educators and a supportive community to give these kids a fighting chance. This uplifting documentary from Katie Dellamaggiore follows five students of IS 318’s chess club as their dominance moves from the chessboard to life.